Punctuation Reminders. .
:VirtualSalt Robert Harris Version Date: February 13, 2001 (Reflects 1999 MLA style) These reminders will help you avoid the most common errors in standard American punctuation. (Punctuation can sometimes be confusing because there are differences between British and American practice. Glossary of poetry terms. This is a glossary of poetry terms.
Measures of verse[edit] Types of metre[edit] Below, "short/long" definitions of a syllable of classical languages correspond to "unstressed/stressed" of English language. Tetrasyllables[edit] Index of literary terms. VirtualSalt. Rhetoric6. To go directly to the discussion of a particular device, click on the name below.
If you know these already, go directly to the Self Test. To learn about my book, Writing with Clarity and Style, see the Advertisement. 36. List of English Techniques.